A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

expected Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.5 13.6 17.9 19.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4427 12 2 0 1 2
Number of authors35 20 11 2 1 1

Occurrences of expected in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
n aw honestly, is what ah hud expected. Insteed, the answer ah gave on page 35

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n hasnae quite worked hoo Tom expected an he jalooses it's the smile on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t and that means daein whit's expected ae ye on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
re triplets" "To be honest, I expected better from your business, th on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
we alweys end up dain what's expected ae us. Which is tae come up s on page 21
shot who isnae dain what wis expected and dyin a quick death. on page 39
d oaff his heatin. And ah wis expected tae sit there enjoyin masel. on page 81

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
up. But whit she couldnae huv expected wis tae meet a wolf in sheep' on page 1
m still at the age where ah'm expected tae make big decisions aboot on page 50

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
iences and outcomes and it is expected that practitioners will build on page 3

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r Da an aw at the end. It wis expected o me because ah'm too sick ta on page 4

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
as may be expected on page 47

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
dit "...that most MSPs can be expected to understand spoken and writ on page 121

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
iences and outcomes and it is expected that practitioners will build
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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
arcel. It wiz heavier than he expected. Billy thought tae himsel the
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
t wi a nip in the air. Hudnae expected this.
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e a plan as kin reasonably be expected, the state these two ur in.
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ain why I wis less upset than expected when we had tae hae him rehom
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A expected this kind ae behaviour fae ch
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
meant “cannon fodder”, expected tae fecht an’ die tae achie
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ther harsher answer than they expected!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a beat. “As well as can be expected, thank you,” she sayed, add
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s healed up as well as kin be expected. He’s sportin a predictable
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@g_hibby tweeted
Johni1967 @poloandsons ??.. I expected nothing else John.. Aw' the b (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
Im an occassional insomniac = expected as no had any fir ages! Time (2015) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s fae the usa m8 - its tae b expected though as a wis born oan inde (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Bit listen te ess: 'There's expected to be a large demand and plac on page 6

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, an much sooner than she hed expected: afore she hed drunk half e b on page 32

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
actices' state that, ‘It is expected that practitioners will build
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
. (A lot langer than ony body expected)
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Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
aboot ten hoors later than I expected. It wis fair tae say a wis fu
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her mither wiz awa, she ayee expected tae see her sittin on her che
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the moment but Lord Braco wiz expected up at the weekend fae Edinbur
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@72redz1903 tweeted
air minutes pre season than I expected- if the lad is a player he’s (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
nically ene o them so did huv expected at mentioned. He already had (2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Barber_Singer 5 degrees expected the nicht(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
itting...slightly longer than expected!!! xx(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t it is Monday, but she never expected the raft o’some lassie ranti(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They turned up, as expected - and I very nearly died! on page 58

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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
the banks — juist whit wis expected.
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d, an much siner than she hae expected: afore she hae drunk hauf th on page 33

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
expected plen tim' period. Hit propose on page 33
Boord o' UlsterScotch an the expected Ulster-Scots Institute. The I on page 46

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